Yes, PJ Prideaux (Letters, 11 June) it’s great you are willing to donate to a reader’s electric motorbike (e-bike) injuries, but enforceable legislation is already in place. Any electric bike with an accelerator, more than 250 watts and capability of over 25km/h is illegal. The key word is ‘enforceable.’ The group which is supposed to do this is, ironically, the NSW Police Force.
I have written to the general manager at Byron Shire Council, and Tamara Smith MP for Ballina, and visited Byron police station three times about e-bikes. Byron police people have told me they do not have sufficient cars or staff to, e.g. block off the bike paths and impose fines on e-bikers.
Tamara Smith’s office sent me a letter saying legislation is currently underway to give police the power to seize illegal bikes. When that happens, e-bikers will no doubt use social media to warn others about the police presence and illegal bikes will disappear. I hope it is not the same time that pink feathered piglets fly into a glorious winter sunset.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
